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There can be no doubt that the launch of the Nintendo Wii was a huge step forward for the in-home gaming market. Its revolutionary motion controller-based system changed the games experience and opened up home gaming as a leisure activity to a new audience. Although there are a large number …

It’s been in development for four years, but Rockstar is finally ready to show LA Noire in action. The publisher has confirmed it will release the first trailer of the elusive game on Thursday, November 11th. The footage is expected to go live at 5pm GMT (12pm EST). The trailer …

Newcastle studio DarlingDash releases Pitch â??Nâ?? Toss for iPad

Key partnership breaks down as Krome recovers from vast staff cuts

The first reviews for EA’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit are live, and it looks as if the publisher and developer Criterion has a big hit on its hands. At the time of writing the (PS3 version of the) game is averaging a very impressive 92 per cent on Metacritic. …

Another standout month for Europe's developer-targeted site and magazine

Read in full yesterday's Commons debate on the introduction of game tax breaks

The CEO of Tecmo Koei has announced that he is to resign from his position at the end of November. Andriasang reports that, effective immediately, Yoichi Erikawa has become the publisher’s president and CEO. Current CEO Kenji Matsubara will remain as a director until the end of the month when …

Bookmaker Paddy Power has opened the betting on the race to be the UK’s official Christmas No.1 video game, and the early favourite is perhaps not surprisingly Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops. The company is currently offering odds of 1/6 on the game. So far it has only released …

Members of the winning team at the MCV/Xbox 360 Christmas Quiz will each receive the most talked about new product of the year, Kinect. They’ll also receive an Xbox 360 to use it with and a copy of Kinect Adventures to get them started. The quiz takes place at London’s …